Welcome back to Riffs from the Crypt! Today, we’re disinterring a mass grave. In 1988, Norway’s Angel Records released a five-band split called Norway Rocks, featuring Anesthesia, Manitou, Shellshock, Get Lost, and Thunderdome. The quality of the tracks featured here is outstanding, particularly the contributions from Anesthesia and Manitou. But alas, not every song could be rescued from their Norwegian tomb: both songs from Get Lost have permanently gotten themselves lost, and Shellshock’s second effort appears to have been obliterated. What is left, then, is seven tracks of speed/thrash/power metal intensity, full of tapping solos, tremolo riffs, and headbanging choruses that deserve a second chance in the light.

Lethal Shöck are a speed/thrash metal band that sound exactly like you’d hope a band called Lethal Shöck would sound. One glance at the album art (an undead, Eddie-inspired figure shocking a skeleton with his guitar) should eliminate any preconceptions of subtlety. Although Evil Aggressor is Lethal Shöck’s debut album,…